Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | In the media which are also visual , a range of resources — physical appearance and the effective means of non-verbal communication — is at least added to the written or recorded form , and the effect is often more than addition ; it is a change of dimension which appears to restore presence , which for the alternative advantages of record and durability writing systems had moved away from . |
2 | In addition to the variables of age , sex and status , a further social variable associated with a speaker 's degree of integration into his close-knit community appears to affect the probability of his being linguistically innovative with respect to choice of vowel variants . |
3 | Not necessarily — or , if they do , it appears to affect some considerably less than others . |
4 | Atherosclerosis appears to proceed at a more rapid rate and is more extensive in the diabetic ( Crall & Roberts , 1978 ) , but the process does not differ in its morphological appearance nor in its anatomical distribution compared to the non-diabetic ( Strandness et al , 1964 ; Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) . |
5 | The development of LTP appears to proceed through at least two ( possibly three ) phases , with a brief initiation period followed by a longer-term maintenance phase , which have been seen as analogous to the transitions between short- and long-term memory . |
6 | The flamboyant ritual celebration of male bellicosity and the male collectivity among the Shavante appears to carry with it a corresponding devaluation of women , and indeed to be built upon it . |
7 | He appears to enjoy light reading . |
8 | Again , central government appears to enjoy freedom to make contracts as extensive as that enjoyed by private individuals . |
9 | While Mr Knightley in Emma displays one of his many virtues in his preoccupation with the land round Donwell Abbey , and , although he would not invite William Larkin and Robert Martin into his drawing-room , appears to enjoy their conversation more than that around his tea table , that community is one of interest ; it does not extend to the cure of souls . |
10 | He has the reputation of being a cold man , and appears to enjoy neither his power nor his wealth , though I find that difficult to believe since he works so hard to keep them . ’ |
11 | Mr Slater appears to enjoy the attentions of his doting raven-haired companion , who sees their love as a fixture in a minefield of misfortune ( including a brutal attempted rape ) . |
12 | Instead of finding students impossible to put up with , he appears to enjoy their company and they in turn appreciate him . |
13 | As an odour is defined , however , as ‘ any chemical compound which can stimulate the olfactory sense ’ and in the absence of any judicial dicta on the point , ‘ effluvium ’ appears to include any odour irrespective of the presence or otherwise of any particulate matter . |
14 | The extent as seen on the rendered cortical surface ( Fig. 2 ) appears to include BA 6 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 bilaterally and BA 45 on the left . |
15 | This only appears to include the occupancy duty . |
16 | Moreover , the Leicester mosaics themselves can hardly be construed as the work of exactly the same group of craftsmen , because the St. Nicholas Street mosaic appears to include work of a standard below that of any in the Blackfriars mosaic ( see section 4.4 ) . |
17 | The sonar appears to disrupt the whales ' navigation system , hampering their migration and search for food . |
18 | It has a small head , its arms are upraised and it appears to wear trunks supported by a thick twisted cable round the waist . |
19 | The Video Electronics Standards Association in San Jose is not too pleased with one of its members , Dell Computer Corp , which has suddenly jumped up to claim that some VL-Bus products to its standard infringe one of Dell 's patents : ‘ We are both surprised and saddened that one of the companies involved in ratifying the VL-Bus standard would take such an action , ’ said Association chairman Scott Vouri ; the patent appears to claim rights to a computer system receptive to a board that plugs into both a system input-output bus and a high speed expansion memory bus ; Dell has been a member for over a year , having joined the club in February 1992 , and voted to approve the standard ; the group also says that like all the other members , Dell signed a statement indicating no knowledge of any conflicts with its patents . |
20 | ‘ Pod ’ ( 60cmx×27cm ) , made from two blocked sheets of gilding metal , soldered together and supported on steel legs , appears to float on a brush of spiky copper wire . |
21 | In summary , Pacione 's work appears to confirm Pahl 's ( 1966a , 1149 ) conclusion that : |
22 | The 1990 Budget clarified the tax position and a recent survey of pension fund managers reported in the Financial Times appears to confirm a growing use of derivative products . |
23 | Our sample appears to confirm that collective bargaining practice has followed the initial approach of union policy in giving little weight to the less quantifiable changes in working conditions from application of new technology and systems , especially in job design and its effects on the quality of working life . |
24 | This latest open letter from the rebel leader , cashiered Colonel Gregorio Honason appears to confirm the government 's belief that he no longer has the ability to launch another military uprising . |
25 | The quotation on page 53 from the Bhagavad Gita appears to support the idea not only that many gods exist but that many gods can be followed and worshipped . |
26 | The majority of evidence appears to support the concept that hypertension has an adverse effect on prognosis in the diabetic . |
27 | An education report that appears to support the former theory is a pussyfooting piece of dangerous nonsense , says John Rae . ’ |
28 | In addition , β-thromboglobulin appears to inhibit prostacyclin synthesis in bovine aortic endothelial cells ( Hope et al , 1979 ) . |
29 | Thus gliclazide depresses various parameters of platelet function in vitro and appears to inhibit arachidonate release from platelet phospholipids ( Tsuboi et al , 1981 ) and to activate platelet adenylate cyclase leading to increased levels of cyclic AMP ( Lagarde et al , 1975 ) . |
30 | Group brainstorming appears to inhibit creativity , not stimulate it . |